fIREHOSE
Minneapolis, MN
7th St. Entry
21+ late show
22 October 1987

stereo audience recording
1st copy from original master cassette

duration (59:05)

This is a 24 bit / 48kHz recording.

No processing has been applied to these files.

side A (43:00.51)
01. start (00:19.60)
02. Locked-In (03:00.66)
03. Hear Me (02:55.64)
04. Sometimes (03:16.42)
05. Under The Influence Of Meat Puppets (01:49.40)
06. It Matters (01:48.72)
07. Backroads (02:03.11)
08. Anger (04:03.08)
09. Operation Solitaire (03:08.27)
10. On Your Knees (02:15.28)
11. Honey Please (02:12.26)
12. Another Theory Shot To Shit (02:29.45) - very beginning cut
13. Brave Captain (03:20.74)
14. For the Singer of R.E.M. (03:17.07)
15. Me + You, Remembering (01:29.48)
16. Chemical Wire (02:36.11)
17. Windmilling (02:53.22)

side B (16:04.54):
18. interim / comments (00:33.18)
19. The Candle And The Flame (03:14.46)
20. Choose Any Memory (02:14.59)
21. applause / interim / comments (00:14.26)
22. Relatin' Dudes To Jazz (01:38.20)
23. encore applause (00:55.40)
24. interim / comments (01:26.40)
25. Making The Freeway (01:57.54)
26. The Red And The Black (03:49.51)

Ed Crawford [ed fROMOHIO]: guitar, vocals
Mike Watt: bass, spiel
George Hurley: drums, sax

At the end of their March 25th run in Mpls, Mike Watt announced that fIREHOSE would be back in October, and good to his word, they performed two shows in the 7th St Entry - which, if you’ve never been there - is the smaller room annexed to First Avenue.

For whatever reason, I was unable to make either show - the earlier all-ages set, or this later set for a very rowdy 21+ crowd. I’d like to give credit where it is due to the person who actually recorded this, and I sort of recognize the handwriting on the cassette that was given to me, but until I remember for sure which taper pal I got this from, I’m listing the taper and the gear as “unidentified”. Back then, there were a lot more folks in Mpls recording bands like this, and we generally hung out in the same circles, so it could be one of 3 or 4 people I’m thinking of. At any rate, the taper in question definitely pulled their weight for this set. It’s a noisy tape for sure - whatever mic / deck they used was barely able to withstand the barrage of sound from the stage, and the audience sounds pretty lit up as well. Sorry I had to miss it, but thanks to my anonymous friend, I was able to be there in spirit at least, and now you can be there too.

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